The Big Five Personality Theory

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In this essay the topic that will be discussed is the Big Five Personality Theory, which is made up of five factors, namely: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. The Big Five Personality Theory will be used in this essay in order to explore and learn about the personality of a chosen celebrity whom will be referred to as “X” throughout the duration of this essay. Acknowledgement will be given to the previously mentioned personality factors which best fit this person, X will also then be scored high, meaning they have a strong tendency to behave in certain way or low in which the person has a low tendency to behave in a certain way. In order to correctly analyse the type of personality X has, we need to have a general idea about her background. X was born on March 28th, 1986 to Italian, American parents. She was born in New York City, raised in New York City and New York City is where she currently lives. At the age of four her musical talent became visible to others around her. She learnt how to play the piano by ear and later went on to write her first piano ballad at the young age of thirteen. She attended high school at the Convent of the Scared Heart where she stood out like a sore thumb due to her very unique and unusual style and was very often teased and made fun of. At the age of seventeen she was chosen as one of the twenty students around the world who were seen to have a talent so special that they stood out from the crowd and therefore were offered early admission to the Tisch School of Arts at the University of New York. But after a short two years of attending Tisch School of Arts she dropped out in order to concentrate on her musical career that was about to take of... ... middle of paper ... ..., J. (n.d.). PSYC2301 - Lady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta). Retrieved February 27, 2014, from Psyc 2301: http://psyc2301.wikispaces.com/Lady+Gaga+(Stefani+Germanotta) Subosa, M. R. (2011, March 10). Psych 150: Lady Gaga Personality Analysis. Retrieved March 8, 2014, from Prezi: http://prezi.com/tafudlbbyhv9/psych-150-lady-gaga-personality-analysis/ Sweeny, S. (n.d.). Personality-spr11. Retrieved March 3, 2014, from Wiki Spaces: http://personality-spr11.wikispaces.com/Lady+Gaga Unknown. (2013). Lady Gaga's tattoos. Retrieved March 9, 2014, from Steal her Style: http://stealherstyle.net/tattoos/lady-gaga-tattoos/ Unknown. (2014, March 9). Lady Gaga. Retrieved March 9, 2014, from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gaga Unknown. (n.d.). Lady Gaga Response. Retrieved March 3, 2014, from personality-spr11: http://personality-spr11.wikispaces.com/share/view/38108840

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